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Panthers' swimmer Long breaks school record
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Great Bend Panther Ellis Long placed third (2:03.38) in the WAC 200 freestyle. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez
Updated: Jan 25, 2022, 2:55 PM
Published: Jan 24, 2022, 8:07 PM

WICHITA — Great Bend Panther Ellis Long broke the Panther school record with a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.05) at Saturday's Wichita Heights Swimming Invitational. The Panthers scored 109 points to finish ninth.

The Panthers posted a season-best time (1:47.69) with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with Tyler Stein, Long, Brody Feist and Beau Burkhart competing.  

The Panthers earned a third-place finish in th4 400-yard freestyle (3:47.71) with Feist, Kasey Kennedy, Long and Stein competing.

Stein placed seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.35).

WICHITA HEIGHTS INVITE

TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 305; 2—Wichita Collegiate 214; 3—Andover Central 208; 4—Andover High 190; 5—Wichita Carroll 174; 6—Wichita Heights 165; Wichita East 165; 8—Olathe South 116; 9—Great Bend 109; 10—Wichita North 97; 11—Garden City 82; 12—Wichita Independent 80; 13—Wichita SE 73; 14—McPherson 69.5; 15—Newton 66; 16—Valley Center 55; 17—Wichita Trinity 46.5; 18—Winfield 23; 19—El Dorado 20

GREAT BEND RESULTS

200 freestyle relay—1—Wichita Collegiate, 1:30.87; 6—Great Bend, 1:38.51 (Ellis Long, Tyler Stein, Beau Burkhart, Brody Feist); GB B, 2:12.92 (Kaid Wagner, Trinten Medlock, A.J. Thurman, Ty Boone)

200 medley relay—1—KMC, 1:42.38; 6—Great Bend, *1:47.69 (Tyler Stein, Ellis Long, Brody Feist, Beau Burkhart); GB B, 2:33.07 (Kaid Wagner, A.J. Thurman, Ty Boone, Trinten Medlock)

400 freestyle relay—1—Collegiate, 3:22.06; 3—Great Bend, 3:47.71 (Brody Feist, Kasey Kennedy, Ellis Long, Tyler Stein)

50 freestyle—1—Yang, WC, 22.84; 7—Tyler Stein, 24.11; 25—Beau Burkhart, 26.57; 52—Ty Boone, 32.16 

100 backstroke—1—Jekov, Independent, 54.83; 7—Tyler Stein, 1:00.35; 28—Ty Boone, *1:16.43

100 breaststroke—1—Bell, Wichita East, 57.82; 5—Ellis Long, *1:03.05; 50—A.J. Thurman, 1:38.77

100 butterfly—1—Bell, Wichita East, 51.76; 15—Ellis Long, 1:04.69

100 freestyle—1—Sandid, WC, 48.03; 40—Beau Burkhart, 1:03.89; 46—Kaid Wagner, *1:09.4; 55—Trinten Medlock, *1:20.67

200 freestyle—1—Sandid, WC, 1:44.03; 12—Brody Feist, 2:06.53

200 IM—1—Janssen, Indy, 2:00.08

500 freestyle—1—Nguyen, AC, 4:56.95; 7—Brody Feist, *5:50.36





 
Larned baseball salvages split with Lyons/Sterling
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Larned Indian Anthony Gonzalez delivers a base hit against Lyons/Sterling. - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 9:36 PM
Larned splits baseball twin bill LARNED — Larned's baseball team rallied for a 12-1 second game victory over Lyons. The Lions won the opener. LYONS 5, LARNED 4 (G1)— Lyons' Zayn Zambo scored the game-winning run on Deacon Showalter's fifth-inning groundout. Lyons reliever Anthony "Ace" Ventura retired seven consecutive batters to earn a save. Logan Isaac scored on Ethan's Luck sacrifice fly in a 3-run third inning. Blake Smith and Ventura scored on Porter Anderson's single. David Meyers scored on a fifth-inning error for a 4-2 lead before Zambo scored a fifth run. Carson Shaver scored on Tristan Regan's first-inning single. Camden Bird scored on a Hunter Hobbs' fourth-inning double. Down 5-2, Larned's Andres Gonzalez scored on Mason Miller's single. Miller scored on Bird's double. LARNED 12, LYONS 1 (G2)— Larned's Bird and Reese Morgan each drove home three runs. Morgan singled home Shaver and Mason Martin scored on a passed ball in a 3-run first inning. Morgan scored on Bird's single. In a 5-run second frame, Martin scored on a walk. Gonzalez scored on a balk. Regan scored on a wild pitch. Miller scored on Bird's sacrifice bunt. Luke Krehbiel scored on a passed ball for an 8-1 lead. Shaver scored on Regan's hit by pitch. Martin scored on Morgan's single. Gonzalez scored on a walk. Regan scored on Bird's sacrifice fly for a 12-1 lead. Lyons 003 020 0 — 5 5 1 Larned 100 120 0 — 4 8 5 Gilliand, Ventura (5) and Luck. Regan and Shaver. W—Gilliand. L—Regan, 0-2. SV—Ventura. 2B—LARNED—Bird, Shaver, Hobbs Lyons 100 0 — 1 3 1 Larned 354 x — 12 7 2 Porter Anderson, Zambo (2), Meyer Anderson (3) and Luck. Shaver and Martin. W—Shaver, 1-1. L—P. Anderson. 2B—LYONS—Gilliand
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